ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,488, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Optical aircraft network" was invented by Timothy A. Murphy (Marysville, Wash.) and Nathan D. Hiller (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal transmission system comprises an optical fiber cable, an electrical-to-optical signal converter, and an optical signal receiver. The optical fiber cable extending through a vehicle. The electrical-to-optical signal converter is connected to a first end of the optical fiber cable and is connected an antenna. The optical signal converter, when operating, receives a radio frequency signal from the antenna; modul...